The Garden Of Rejoicing

I haven't been motivated to write about the last garden.  I know that sounds bad, but I have been encountering the triple (or more) threat of frustrations and disappointments.  A few different challenges have confronted me all at once in the areas of health, relationships, and job responsibilities.  Today, I had to witness a good friend lose her job... and the responsibilities that used to be hers are becoming mine without any change to my previous obligations.  Overwhelming seems like an understatement sometimes, doesn't it?  Yet, I know I am blessed and that rejoicing should still flow out of me.  I read a verse a couple days ago that talked about the Valley of Baca....that is was a valley of weeping for the pilgrims who passed through it....but, that their tears turned the wilderness into a lush garden....a place of blessings....pools and springs of blessings.  I realized even though the feeling may not be within me to rejoice...that I may even feel more like crying.... this is the right time (as is every time) to write about the last garden....The Garden Of Rejoicing.

I realized I had been trying to find words to describe the beauty in that place....that final destination....but, the beauty is not so much in the PLACE...as it is in the PERSON....and that is why I was coming up empty.

This garden is only perfect because it is where we will once again experience a close relationship with our Creator...closer than anything we have know thus far.  We know from Revelation 22 that it will be full of healing and of God's complete provision for us.  We will be completely restored from our broken state.

 That quote makes me smile....I believe it's true, don't you?  So, our broken state should make us long for Him even more desperately...He is our Tree of Life....our Living Water.

This is the time when everything SAD will come UNTRUE!
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